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NITED STATES JAMES C. CARY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUNSHADE ATTACHMENT'FOR HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,972, dated May 19,1885.

Application filed March 30, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. GARY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sunshades, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in sunshades, detachable,for hats; and it consists in the construction, novel arrange ment, andadaptation of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, andspecifically pointed out in the claim appended.

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional View; Fig. 2, a plan View, andFig. 3 a detailed view.

An important desideratum in this class of devices is to reduce theexpense of manufacture to a minimum, with a view of adapting them to beconveniently carried by the user, and easily applied to a hat withoutimpairing the latter. To do this expeditiously is an important featureof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates an annular piece of linen,paper, or other suitable material having a central annular oroval-shaped opening, a.

B indicates a vertical central band,which is arranged within the annularopening a of the brim or shade-piece A, and is designed to engage thecrown or any ordinary hat adjacent to its brim.

0 indicates the ribs, which are preferably formed of-flat spring-steelstrips covered with cloth, but may be formed of other material, such aswhalebone, reed, or split bamboo. These strips have a short portion oftheir inner ends bent vertically upward, as indicated at I), andperforated at 0 to receive a rivet, whereby the ribs are rigidly securedto the inner side of the said band B, from whence they radiatehorizontally, and are respectively secured or made fast to the annularshadepiece A by stitching the same to the ribs, the 1 points ofattachment being preferably at the inner, as at'cl, and outer,peripheries of the said shade-strip, as at e.

The vertical portions of the ribs, instead of extending truly vertical,may diverge or lean slightly inward from a vertical plane, so as toattain aspring in the strips and adapt the device for hats of varioussizes.

WVhen not in use, the ribs are brought together or closed in a similarmanner to that of closing a fan, when the whole device is closed up intoa parcel of very small and convenient contour to be carried by the user.

In operation the central annular band is placed over the crown of a hatand drawn down thereon until the ribs are sufficiently spread apart tospread the shade over and beyond the hat-brim.

In some cases it may be desirable to dispense with the crown-engagingband, and when this is done the vertical extensions of the ribs may alsobe dispensed with, the ribs stopping at the inner edge or periphery ofthe shade-strip.

The shade-strip may be of any desired di ameter, but is preferably aboutsix inches in Width.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is As an improvedarticle of manufacture, the herein-described detachable sunshadeforhats, consisting of the radial ribs 0, each of which is constructedof a single piece of material having the upwardly-turned ends b, theband B, and the shade-strip A, said ends I) being perforated to receivea rivet, whereby they are secured to the band, the strip stitched to theouter and inner ends of the ribs 0, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. CARY.

my signature Witnesses:

D. E. HARMOND, HOWARD CAMPBELL.

